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Fatenteci Apr. 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE WALL REGISTER AND THELIKE Kenneth L. Bahcock, Muskegon, Mich, assignor to Air ControlProducts, Inc., Coopersville, Mich., a corporation of MichiganApplication September 15, 1945, Serial No. 616,565

5 Claims. 1

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a register structure which is very easily installedand provides a substantially air-tight connection to the stackhead andaround the grille so that air leakage such as commonly results instreaked walls is eliminated.

Second, to provide a register structure which is easy to install and onecomprising a frame and a removable face plate which permits the installing of the parts with the exception of the face plate and the readyinstalling of the face plate which prevents its being marred duringfinishing and under other conditions.

Third, to provide a wall registerin which the floor opening iseffectively covered and infiltration of the air around the stackheadwhich also results in streaked walls, prevented.

Fourth, to provide a structure in which the ornamental face has anintegral grille and may be easily removed for cleaning as occasion mayrequire.

Fifth, to provide a structure having these advantages which is veryeconomical to produce and assemble.

Objects relating to details and economies of the invention will appearfrom the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed outin the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a structure embodying myinvention as installed, certain parts being shown conventionally.

Fig. 2 i an enlarged fragmentary view partially in vertical section online 2-2 of Figs. 1 and 3.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in horizontal section on thebroken line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a commercial embodiment of myinvention as installed, I represents a wall and 2 the floor of a room.The stackhead 3 is provided with outwardly projecting bendable flanges 4and 5, the flange 5 being the bottom flange and constituting anextension of the front wall of the stackhead.

I provide a frame 6 formed as a stamping or of stamped top, bottom andside parts welded together, the joint not being illustrated. The frameis provided with side flanges l adapted to receive wall attaching screws8 and a bottom flange 9 lapping upon the floor 2 and secured thereto asby the screws Ill.

The sides and top of the frame opening are surrounded by forwardlyprojecting frame portions 25 and B respectively (see Figs. 2 and 3), the

2 side and top edges of the stack being folded over the frame as shownat l i and preferably clamped. down as there indicated, forming a .closeseam between the stack and the frame.

The front wall 5 of the stack is folded over the upper edge of thebottom frame member [2 as shown at is. This provides an effective sealedconnection between the stackhead and the frame.

The side members of the frame are preferably of stepped section as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, while the top member is of angle section, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The bottom member of the frame has an upstanding fiange it along itsfront edge. The side flanges i are preferably struck up or embossed atE5 to receive the screws 8, this permitting some springing action as thescrews are adjusted to clamp the frame against the wall.

The face member I6 is provided with an integral louver section H. Theface member has a rearwardly projecting top flange [9 and rearwardlyprojecting side flanges 20 adapted to contact the wall as shown in Figs.2 and 3 respectively.

A gasket 2! of suitable resilient material conventionally illustrated inthe drawings as being of rubber is disposed between the face plate andthe louver.

Reinforcing strips 22 are provided on the inner side of the face memberand surrounding the louver to receive the thrust of the gasket as theface plate is clamped to the frame.

The face plate is provided with a flange-like downwardly projecting hook23 secured on the inner side thereof to engage the flange M of theframe.

Screws 24 preferably located near the. top of the face plate havethreaded engagement with the frame, a shown in Fig. 3, and coast withthe forwardly projecting portion 25 in securing the face plate andapplying clamping sealing stress to the gasket. 1

With the parts thus arranged, the face plate may be installed after thewall and floor have been finished, thus avoiding the soiling ordisfiguring of the face plate. The face plate may be readily removed asoccasion requires.

The structure is very easily installed and the walls are protected asthe air cannot escape around the register parts as is a common resultwith the registers now in general use. A further advantage is theeconomy with which the parts may be manufactured and assembled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a wall register, the combination with a stackhead having anopening formed by outwardly projecting bendable flanges along the topand sides of said opening and a bendable exten sion along the lower edgeof said opening, of a supporting frame defining a second opening andprovided with bottom and side attaching flanges adapted to be secured toa wall and floor surrounding said stackhead, the bottom attaching flangehaving an upturned lip at its front edge, said stackehad fianges andextension being disposed through the opening of said frame and foldedover the inner edges of the frame defining said second opening, thesides of said frame having forwardly offset angle portions between saidside attaching flanges and the inner edges of said frame, a face memberprovided with a louver, said face member having rearwardly projectingflanges at the top and sides thereof embracing said frame and adapted toengage the Wall to which said frame is attached, a gasket disposedbetween the face member and the stackhead flanges in surroundingrelation to the louver of the face member, a downwardly projectingangled attaching clip on the inner side of the lower portion .of saidface member engaging the rear side of said upturned lip on the bottomattaching flange of said frame, and screws for securing said face memberto said angled offset portions of said frame arranged adjacent the topthereof and coacting with said angled attaching clip in securing saidface member in compressing engagement with said gasket.

2. In a wall register, the combination with a stackhead having anopening formed by outwardly projecting bendable flanges along the topand sides of said opening and a bendable extension. along the lower edgeof said opening, a supporting frame defining a second opening andprovided with bottom and side attaching flanges adapted to be secured toa Wall and floor surrounding said stackhead, the bottom attachin flangehaving an upturned lip at its front edge, said stackhead flanges andextension being disposed through the opening of said frame and foldedover the inner edges of the frame defining said second opening, thesides of said frame having forwardly offset portions between saidattaching flanges and the side edges of the frame defining said secondopening, a face member embracing said frame, a gasket disposed betweenthe face member and the stackhead flanges and extension in surroundingrelation to the opening in said frame member, an attaching clip on theinner side of said face member engaging the rear side of said upturnedlip on the bottom attaching fiange of said frame, and means for securingsaid face member to said forwardly offset portions of said framecoacting with said attaching clip in securing said face member incompressing engagement with said gasket.

3. In a register, the combination with a stack head having an openingformed by outwardly projecting bendable flanges along the top and sidesof said opening and a bendable extension along the lower edge of saidopening, of a supporting frame defining a second opening and pro-- videdwith co-planar attaching flanges adapted to be secured to a wall andcomprising a bottom member having an upturned lip at its front edge,said stackhead flanges and extension being disposed through said secondopening in said frame and folded over the edges of said frame definingsaid second opening, the sides of said frame having portions offsetforwardly from said co-planar flanges, a face member provided with alouver and embracing said frame to contact a wall to which the frame isattached, a gasket disposed between the face member and the stackheadflanges and extension in surrounding relation to the louver of the facemember, an attaching hook member on the inner side of the face memberengaging said lip on the bottom member of said frame, and means forsecuring said face member to said forwardly offset portions of saidframe coacting with said attaching hook member in securing the facemember in compressing engagement with said gasket.

4. In a register, the combination with a stack head having an openingformed by outwardly projecting bendable flanges, of a supporting framedefining a second opening and having exterior co-pianar flanges adaptedto be secured to a wall, said stack flanges being disposed through theopening in said frame and folded over the edges of the frame definingsaid second opening, said frame having a portion offset forwardly fromsaid co-planar flanges, a face member provided with a louver andembracing said frame to contact a wall to which the frame is attached, agasket disposed between the face member and stackhead flanges insurrounding relation to the face member and means for securing said facemember to the forwardly offset portion of said frame.

5. In a register, the combination with a stackhead having an openingformed by outwardly projecting bendable flanges, of a frame defining asecond opening and having an exterior flange arranged to be secured to awall, a threaded portion on said frame offset forwardly from saidexterior flange, said stackhead flanges being disposed through theopening of said frame and folded over the edges of the frame definingthe second opening, a face member provided with a louver and havingrearwardly projecting flanges at the top and sides thereof embracing theframe and adapted to engage a wall to which the frame is attached, agasket disposed between the face member and the folded over edges of thestackhead flanges in surrounding relation to the louver of the facemember, and screw means for securing the face member to the threadedportion of said frame in compressing engagement with the gasket.

KENNETH L. BABCOCK.

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